NOTES

(by DuoItalian)

The English “car” or “automobile” is referenced in Italian as auto (short for the Italian cognate automobile) or macchina (literally “machine” and used to describe various other objects).

Whereas a “truck” is most commonly referred to as camion or autocarro (not covered in this lesson, but good to know.)

The Italian word ruota (wheel) learned in this lesson is similarly interchangeable at times with pneumatico or gomma (tire, rubber).

VOCABULARY

(from Duolingo)

la scatolabox
la spazzolabrush
il pettinecomb
il computercomputer
il diariodiary
il motoreengine
la bustaenvelope
il ventilatorefan
la formashape
gli occhialiglasses
la tastierakeyboard
la patentelicense
il pezzopiece
il regalopresent
lo schermoscreen
il fogliosheet of paper
la cosathing
la ruotawheel
il flautoflute
l'oggettoobject
il violinoviolin
lo strumentoinstrument
l'automobileautomobile
la macchinacar
la benzinagasoline
la naveship
l'alcolalcohol
la batteriabattery
la barcaboat

 

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